Antique Fiddleback Mahogany Seven Drawer Lockable Wellington Chest c1850

A Very Good Quality Late 19th Century Mahogany Double Wellington Chest With Two Banks Of Six Drawers With Replacement Brass Knobs Flanked By Hinged Locking Pilaster To Each Side Raised On Original Plinth Base. The first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, commissioned the first chest of this type, i.e. a tall bank of drawers secured by hinged locking pilasters to take with him and carry around various battlefields and that is where the name wellington chest comes from. It is now used to refer to almost any tall, narrow antique chest of drawers. By default this particular design of chest is therefore referred to as a double wellington chest. From around 1820 onwards they were manufactured in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, plus they varied a great deal in terms of both their quality and the wood which they are constructed from. This wellington chest is of a form rarely found in terms of its double bank of drawers...

Incredible color and size on this 19th century Regency ebony inlaid fiddleback mahogany 3 drawer chest. At 32.5" high and 30" wide, this piece ...

Antique Walnut Wellington Chest A good Victorian figured walnut Wellington chest with well carved corbels and flower heads and a secretaire drawer fitted with 2 drawers veneered in b...

Sn5358 Victorian mahogany Wellington chest, having oversailing top above seven graduated drawers all fitted with original turned knobs and fl...

Beautiful antique walnut wellington chest of drawers with secretary in good and completely original condition. Beautiful pattern and color of the walnut. The secretary drawer can be ...

Beautiful small wellington chest of drawers in burl walnut with 5 drawers increasing in depth. In good and completely original condition. Beautiful patina. Origin: England Period: C...

A fine antique mahogany early Victorian Wellington chest This tall cabinet has six drawers with a pilaster side-locking mechanism. Attributed to Gillows.

Antique mahogany three drawer chest having peg drawer construction with brass batwing drawer pulls and escutcheons, planked back and the wh...

An unusual, seven drawers, tall Danish chest with bowed front. Elegant brass hardware, brass sabots.

An Extremely Good Quality Mid 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Wellington Chest Of Drawers, Having Well Figured Veneers Throughout, With Rectangular Top Over Concealed Fri...